Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Tuesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.96% to 6,284.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.81% to 6,383.00
- AUD/USD at US 74 cents
- Gold at US$1,195.93 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$72.29 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: SUL), the retailer went up 8.2% after revealing a solid increase of profit and the dividend in its report.
The share price of Class Ltd (ASX: CL1) finished up 4% after reporting a mixed FY18 result.
Oil Search Limited (ASX: OSH) shares fell 2.4% today after a large fall of its profit in the report.
Packaging company Amcor Limited (ASX: AMC) saw its share price drop 3.6% today after reporting that revenue and profit slightly fell in its result.
Assisted reproduction company Virtus Health Ltd's (ASX: VRT) shares climbed an impressive 5.3% after it revealed solid profit growth in its FY18 report.
Australia & New Zealand Westfield landlord Scentre Group (ASX: SCG) reported its result to investors this morning, which sent the share price down by 2.1%.
BHP Billiton Limited (ASX: BHP) shares fell almost 1.9% today after reporting that statutory profit fell substantially.
Finally, the share price of FlexiGroup Limited (ASX: FXL) shot up 26.7% after impressing the market with its result.
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